This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/an/nNABAIB/5086.4.1 Message Board Post: Sorry, Wendy, birth registrations didn't start until 1869. I looked from 1869 to 1874 but couldn't find Jacob's birth. I would assume this means he was definitely born before 1869. Have you found Jacob in the 1881 census?